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Recovery After Critical Covid-19 Infection

Conditions
Covid-19
Registration Number
NCT04864938
Lead Sponsor
University of Helsinki
Brief Summary

The study focuses on the recovery of respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological/neuropsychological recovery after intensive care treatment for covid-19. The results will be compared with those obtained from patients treated in the regular wards for covid-19, persons with home treated covid-19 and non-covid controls.

Detailed Description

Eligible patients who have been treated in the intensive care units of Helsinki University Hospital are invited to participate. Controls are recruited from follow-up clinics, and with announcements in media and websites.

The participants receive an invitation to a follow-up clinic where their experiences from the ICU treatment and recovery will be discussed. The investigators will perform neuropsychologic testing (6 months post-discharge), a telephone interview (3 months) and send written questionnaires (3, 6 and 24 months) to the participants. The participants will undergo MRI imaging of the brain and laboratory tests will be taken. The olfactory function will be tested at a follow-up clinic. Data on the patients´ respiratory function from clinical spirometry and diffusion capacity testing 3 and 6 months after discharge are collected. The patients will perform a 6 min walk test.

Data on coagulation laboratory values will be registered from acute phase and 6 months after discharge. The investigators will also analyse ApoE alleles, neurofilament light and NAD-metabolites and study their correlation with neuropsychologic findings and long term symptoms (up to 5 years after hospital discharge).

Participants will also undergo magnetic resonance imaging of the heart at 6-12 months after the hospital discharge, and laboratory samples, a symptom questionnaire and electrocardiogram are collected. Inflammatory parameters and variables associated with regulating inflammation and coagulation will be analysed.

Clinical data from the acute and post-acute phase and demographic data are collected from the patient data management systems.

The target patient number is 75 intensive care treated patients and 50 control persons in each three control group.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18-100
  • Positive PCR for Sars-CoV-2 (except non-covid controls, who must be negative)
  • Native language Finnish or Swedish
  • Informed consent to study to study participation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age under 18
  • Pregnant or lactating
  • Major neurologic diagnosis (TBI, dementia, stroke, Parkinson´s disease before covid-19)
  • Substantially impaired hearing or vision
  • Developmental disability.
  • No consent to study participation
  • Contraindication to MR imaging (such as cardiac pacemaker, allergy to contrast)

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cognitive function 6 months after hospital discharge6 months after hospital discharge

Global score calculated from three domains: memory, executive functions and attention.Memory: WMS-III Word list delayed recall + WMS-III Logical memory delayed recall + Rey Complex Figure, delayed recall Executive: TMB (time, reversed) + Stroop interference (time, reversed) + FAB score Attention: WAIS-IV Coding + CPT (correct items) + Stroop naming (time, reversed) The global score will be compared with controls and age matched national references

Diffusion capacity 6 months after hospital discharge6 months after hospital discharge

Diffusion capacity DLCO results (percentage of predicted) 6 months after ICU treatment for covid-19

Six minute walk test distance6 months after hospital discharge

The distance in meters walked by ICU treated patients in 6 minutes in controlled test environment

Incidence of post myocarditis findings in MRI of the heart6-12 months after hospital discharge

Incidence of findings in cardiac MRI indicating previous myocarditis in each group

Cerebral microbleeds6 months after hospital discharge

Number and anatomical distribution of cerebral microbleeds in MRI imaging of the brain

Restriction in lung function tests6 months after hospital discharge

Restriction in lung function parameters vital capacity and forced vital capacity (z-scores) in measured by spirometry

Plasma neurofilament level and its correlation with global score in neuropsychological test battery6 months after hospital discharge

Plasma neurofilament level and its correlation with global score in neuropsychological test battery

Plasma matrix metalloproteinases -8, -9 and TIMP-1 6 months after hospital discharge6 moths after hospital discharge

Plasma matrix metalloproteinases -8, -9 and TIMP-1 levels in ng/mL 6 months after hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation of plasma neurofilament with cerebral microbleeds6 months after hospital discharge

Correlation of plasma neurofilament with cerebral microbleeds in brain MR imaging

Correlation of matrix metalloproteinase 9 with diffusion capacity6 months after hospital discharge

Correlation of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (ng/mL) with lung diffusion capacity z-score

Correlation ApoE 4 alleles with disease severity6 months post-covid

Laboratory analysis of ApoE alleles and comparison of their frequencies among groups

Correlation of cerebral microbleeds with neuropsychological global score6 moths after hospital discharge

Correlation of type and location of cerebral microbleeds with neuropsychological global score

Association of the incidence of cerebral microbleeds with findings in cardiac MRI6-12 months after hospital discharge

Association of the incidence of cerebral microbleeds with findings in cardiac MRI

Correlation of 6 minute walk test heart rate variables with cardiac function6-12 months after hospital discharge

Correlation of heart rate in rest, exercise and 5 minutes after exercise with cardiac output measured in heart MRI

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Helsinki University Hospital

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Helsinki, Capital Province Of Finland, Finland

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